curlews – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Birds on Poopy Perches

By Mia McPherson|May 26th, 2012|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Horned Larks, Humor, Long-billed Curlews, Utah, Willets|Tags: bird photography, bison poop, curlew, curlews, Eremophila alpestris, Horned Lark, humor, lark, larks, Long-billed Curlew, manure, Numenius americanus, perch, poopy, poopy perches, Tringa semipalmata, Willet|

I bet you are wondering what I mean by "Poopy perches", I know I would be if I saw that title. Am I talking about perches that are man-made and ugly? Or perches that are just not all that appealing visually?

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Long-billed Curlew in Cheatgrass

By Mia McPherson|May 19th, 2012|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Long-billed Curlews, Utah|Tags: adult, bird photography, Cheatgrass, curlew, curlews, desert island, grasslands, Long-billed Curlew, male, Numenius americanus, sandpipers, shorebirds, spring, Utah|

Cheatgrass is invasive but I sure think it can be pretty especially with a lovely bird amongst it like this male Long-billed Curlew that I photographed on Antelope Island State Park recently.

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Long-billed Curlews – A Territorial Encounter

By Mia McPherson|April 14th, 2012|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Long-billed Curlews, Utah|Tags: adult, Agonistic Behavior, Appeasement behavior, Communicative Interactions, Crouch-Run, curlew, curlews, fighting, Long-billed Curlew, male, males, Numenius americanus, shorebirds, Supplanting, territorial behavior, territorial display, territorial encounter, Wing-Raising|

Yesterday on Antelope Island State Park I witnessed and photographed a territorial encounter between two Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus) males that occurred while a female was nearby.

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Long-billed Curlew Mating Display

By Mia McPherson|April 3rd, 2012|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Long-billed Curlews, Utah|Tags: bill shaking, bird photography, breeding behavior, curlews, Long-billed Curlew, mating behavior, mating display, Numenius americanus, ruffling, sexual behavior|

I had a wonderful photographic opportunity yesterday seeing a Long-billed Curlew mating display on Antelope Island State Park.

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Oh Long-billed Curlew, When Will I Hear You?

By Mia McPherson|March 11th, 2012|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Fort De Soto County Park, Long-billed Curlews|Tags: bird photography, birding, coastal, curlew, curlews, desert island, female, grasslands, Gulf Coast, Gulf of Mexico, hunting, Long-billed Curlew, Numenius americanus, sandpiper, sandpipers, shorebirds, spring, tidal lagoon, water|

A few days ago I read that a Long-billed Curlew had been spotted on Antelope Island State Park and that got me excited. I've waited to see them again since they left last fall and I simply can not wait to hear their mysterious and hauntingly beautiful call.

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Shorebirds: Long-billed Curlew juvenile

By Mia McPherson|July 3rd, 2011|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Long-billed Curlews, Utah|Tags: chick, close up, closeup, curlew, curlews, fledgling, grasses, head shot, immature, juvenile, Long-billed Curlew, Numenius americanus, portrait, shorebirds, young|

Sometimes I just feel so lucky being a bird photographer. Not only do I get to be outside in nature when I am photographing, but I get nice surprises too like when this Long-billed Curlew juvenile approached near enough to get head shots of it.

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Friday Photos – Long-billed Curlews

By Mia McPherson|July 1st, 2011|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Long-billed Curlews, Utah|Tags: adult, adult plumage, bird photography, boulder, chick, curlews, flight, flying, foraging, immature, juvenile, landing, Long-billed Curlew, Numenius americanus, shorebirds, wing lift|

The juvenile Long-billed Curlew was foraging and preening in the vegetation on the ground below the adult perched on the boulder

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Coming Soon To A View Near U(tah)

By Mia McPherson|March 3rd, 2011|Categories: American Avocets, American White Pelicans, Antelope Island State Park, Double-crested Cormorants, Loggerhead Shrikes, Long-billed Curlews, Salt Lake County, Sandhill Cranes, Utah|Tags: American Avocet, American White Pelican, Antigone canadensis, avocets, cormorants, cranes, curlews, Double-crested Cormorant, Lanius ludovicianus, Loggerhead Shrike, Long-billed Curlew, Nannopterum auritus, Numenius americanus, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, pelicans, Recurvirostra americana, Sandhill Crane, shrikes, spring previews, spring time|

These are just a small selection of the cast and characters of the upcoming Spring Season

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